Vine-divider attachment.



No. 824,282. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906. H. CLIMER.

VINE DIVIDBR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1905.

HERSCHEL CLIMER, OF OHILLICOTHE, OHIO.

VINE-DIVIDER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' a'sented June 26, 1906.

Application filed November 6, 1905. Serial No. 286.120.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERSCHEL OLIMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chillicothe, in the county of Ross and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vine-DividerAttachments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains' to make and use the same.

This invention relates to vine-dividers desi ned to be attached to thedivider-board of abinder or harvester; and the principal object of thesame is to provide a device that will prevent vines from riding up overthe divider-board.

Another object is to provide means for cutting the vines at a point nearwhere they start to ride up and over the divider-board.

Still another object is to provide a simple and efficient attachment formachines as at present constructed which will effectually prevent thetangling of grain as it is carried up and over the divider-board bymeans of vines which become entangled with the grain.

These and other objects are attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a portion of a binder, showing the attachment inplace thereon. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the attachment, and Fig. 3 is asimilar view looking at the opposite side of the attachment.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of myinvention, the numeral l desi nates the sickle-bar of a binder, to oneend of which is connected a bracket 2, and connected to this bracket isa rod 3 bent to form a crank, the up er end of which is secured to averticallyisposed reciprocating sickle-bar 4. The sickle-bar 4 carries aV- shaped cutter 5, which is adapted to be reciprocated between the twofingers 6 7, said fingers being formed on or connected to the guide 8,provided with guide-straps 9. Connected to the guide is a cross-bar 10,and fitted to said cross-bar are brackets 11, of suitable form to bebolted at 12 to the under side of the divider-board 13 at its oppositeends. The guides and sickle-bar extend through an opening 14 in thedivider-board.

The operation of my invention may be described as follows: As thehorizontal sicklebar of the binder is operated the crank attached to theend thereof reciprocates the vertically-disposed cutter of myattachment, and thus vines that are carried up over the divider-boardare severed, so as not to interfere with the grain. It will be noticedthat the finger 6 projects some distance outward, so as to catch thevines as they are carried between said finger 6 and the finger 7 to besevered by the cutter.

My attachment may be a plied with slight alteration to any of the wel-known binders on the market.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described vine-divider attachment for mowing-machinesconsisting of a crank-shaft, a sickle-b ar, said crank-shaft beingoperatively connected to said sickle-bar, a vertically-disposedcutter-bar connected to said crank-shaft at one end, a divider-boardprovided with a slot, a guide through which said vertically-disposed baroperates, fingers formed on said guide, the upper finger being extendedto form a guard, said cutter-bar and guide extending through the slot inthe divider-board, cross-bars, and brackets for holding said guide inplace within the slot in said divider board, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HERSCHEL CLIMER.

Witnesses:

JNo. H. GREENBAUM, WM. ENDERLIN.

